In Arabic, nouns are those words that has their permanent meaning but are not associated with any period of time. They are called asmaa (singular is ism). This is a topic of Sarf. There are three kinds of nouns.
- Masdar – مصدر (Root).
- Mushtaq – مشتق (Derived).
- Jaamid – جامد (Still or Frozen).
On 20th October, 2014, we had an oral test of what we studied previously. Previously, the teacher had also given us the work of marking majruraat in the Holy Qur’an.
On 21st October, the teacher asked the students about the homework. Then, he answered the questions of students. I noted a few answers that will be posted later.
After that, he explained that jaamid nouns are those which are neither derived from any word nor any word is derived from it, e.g. rajul (رجل), fars (فرس), himaar (حمار), madrasah (مدرسة) etc. He said that most of the names are jaamid nouns.
He said that Mushtaq are those words that are derived from any other word.
[The words from which other words are derived are called masdar].
In examples, he gave one example of the word insaan (human). There are two possible masaadir (plural of masdar) of this word.
- Nisyaan (نسيان). It means to forget. As humans forget things, so they are called insaan.
- Uns (أنس). It means to love. As humans have loving characteristic, so they are called insaan.
